The Newsonomics of Reuters’ Americanization
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab News quiz: Which company can claim the largest journalistic workforce in the world? As you ponder the globe’s premier news organizations — from the Times, the...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of U.S. Media Concentration
First published at the Nieman Journalism Lab The rise and potential fall of Rupert Murdoch is a hell of a story. It is, though, closer to the Guardian’s Simon Jenkins’ description Tuesday, “not a...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of the Next Recession
First published at the Nieman Journalism Lab If the current events of the world are scary for all of us, they’re particularly horrifying for news publishers. Another recession? Now? Sure, anyone in...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of the Death & Life of California News
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab Let’s look this week at the journalistic turmoil in the world’s eighth-largest economy: California, a.k.a. the Golden State (beta motto: “We get post-IPO...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of Crossover
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab The signs are everywhere — the signs of crossover. We’re not there yet, but publishers are starting to sense that the time when their business models become...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of Big and Little, from NBC News and GlobalPost to Thunderdome
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab Ah, the joys of big and of little. In media businesses, little means few if any layers of bothersome decision-making. Agility. Nimbleness. Independence. All...
View ArticleAs Digital First Media Announces Its Paywalls, 41% of US Dailies Will Soon...
Even the paywall contrarians are coming around. John Paton’s Digital First Media will announce today its adoption of metered paywalls at all its Media News and Journal Register sites. That’s more than...
View ArticleApollo Withdraws from D.F.M. Deal, John Paton Leaves
As of today Apollo Global Management won’t meet Digital First Media’s price. That price tag of $400 million (“What are they thinking? Apollo’s acquisition of Digital First Media”) had been wavering as...
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